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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk men and women sitting and standing around a large medicine drum in an area portioned off by canvas barriers in front of a lodge. Identified as the... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Possibly Louis J. Ropson, a farmer and violin maker from Luxemburg who lived in Dyckesville. |
| Date: | 08 15 1941 |
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| Description: | Otto Rindlisbacher, folk singer and maker of stringed instruments, and violin collection, sitting in his shop holding a Hardanger fiddle. Caption at bottom... |
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| Description: | Five men playing string instruments while standing on a town sidewalk. They are identified from left to right as: unidentified man, Anton Hagen, Ole Strand... |
| Date: | 03 29 1953 |
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| Description: | A quartet of horn players, first row David Lewis and William Howard, back row Robert Reuter and Jim Christensen, play for Easter services at Luther Memoria... |
| Date: | 09 29 1955 |
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| Description: | The string trio of the Older Adult Klub (OAK), Gus Torgerson, Henry Brenneman, and Julia Bennett, rehearsing for a senior citizen workshop on recreation fo... |
| Date: | 05 09 1955 |
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| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin High School band, named the Chartreuse Seven Band, include Laird Marshall, piano, John Taylor, drummer, Charles Thompson, William ... |
| Date: | 04 27 1946 |
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| Description: | WIBA radio broadcast showing five young people; one playing the piano, one playing a violin, and three reading scripts. |
| Date: | 02 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt... |
| Date: | 03 22 1947 |
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| Description: | Peggy King, standing with trumpet, and her orchestra, eight women on stage with instruments and music stands. They played for the Dane County Red Cross da... |
| Date: | 03 28 1947 |
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| Description: | Fanny (Mrs. William) Steve, at the piano, and children playing instruments in WHA radio studio. Mrs. Steve was part of the program staff of the School of t... |
| Date: | 05 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Policemens Protective Association dinner with men seated at a table. A band, Sunny Brown's Orchestra, is playing in the background. |
| Date: | 11 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen... |
| Date: | 01 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Menominee Indian Band playing at the Wisconsin Centennial Year Kick-off Ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol. They played a one hour concert in the mor... |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | George Gilberstson, champion of the Old-Time Fiddlers' contest at the Madison Community Center, receiving his $35 prize from the Master of Ceremonies, Ralp... |
| Date: | 04 05 1948 |
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| Description: | Posed with their fiddles are Theodore Rygh, Jr., of Woodford, left - third place finisher, and Herman "Tex" Falkenstein, of Madison, right - second place f... |
| Date: | 05 20 1948 |
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| Description: | Central high school musicians pose while rehearsing for a city wide concert by the bands, orchestras and choruses of East, West, Central and Wisconsin high... |
| Date: | 04 23 1948 |
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| Description: | Dr. Sigfrid Prager conducting the Madison Civic Symphony Orchestra, the Madison Civic Chorus, the University of Wisconsin chorus and soloists in his farewe... |
| Date: | 06 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Harps of Harmony members, shown left to right are: Carole Branley, Virginia Severson, Stanley Stitgen, Margaret Rupp Cooper, and Sybal Hanks, composer of t... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Drummers and dancers at pow wow led by Chief Winneshiek, below Lutheran Church in a canvas enclosure. |
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